Discover Regba: Aqueduct and Chocolate Workshops

Regba offers two very different starting points for planning a trip: the reconstructed, water-filled section of the Regba Aqueduct and Odette’s chocolate workshops. There is also a bus connection from Acre or Nahariya to the BIG Regba center. If you’re looking for a hotel in Regba, you can plan your trip around historic water engineering, a chocolate workshop, or the archaeological sites in the wider Northern District destination.

Water at the Regba Aqueduct

The Regba Aqueduct is an Ottoman water channel. Water flows through a reconstructed section that visitors can walk through; it reaches ankle height. The water you walk through is therefore an integral part of the experience. Visits must be arranged in advance. Since access conditions may change, check them before your visit.

Chocolate and workshops at Odette

Odette is a boutique in Regba founded by Dr. Shlomit Zamir, specializing in handmade chocolate and pralines. Odette holds chocolate workshops there for children aged three and up, and for adults. This offers a very different activity alongside the historic waterworks: exploring chocolate in a workshop. It’s advisable to arrange boutique visits and workshops in advance; when planning, ask about a suitable time.

Getting there by bus

Buses from Acre or Nahariya go to the BIG Regba center, from where it’s a short walk. Check current bus service before setting out.

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Culture in the wider Northern District destination

In the wider Northern District destination, Tel Hazor and Tel Megiddo offer distinct archaeological highlights. Both are biblical tels with significant remains of cities linked to the Bible; Tel Megiddo is one of three tels closely associated with biblical events.

A visit to Tel Hazor focuses on the upper city. Tel Hazor also preserves Solomon’s Gate, a six-chambered gate with two towers dating from the 10th century BCE. The Canaanite palace was used by the kings of Hazor in the 14th and 13th centuries BCE. The Late Bronze Age palace is considered the most elaborate in Israel and one of the most significant in the Levant.

The excavated shaft is 45 meters deep, with steps three meters wide carved into its vertical walls. Tel Hazor preserves significant remains of an underground water-collection system, a sophisticated engineering achievement adapted to the geography for water storage. Tel Hazor’s fortifications are considered the finest example of their kind in the area between southern Turkey and the northern Negev.

Tel Megiddo offers different archaeological highlights. Its Early Bronze Age temple complex is exceptional in terms of the number of its temples, the continuity of cult activity, and the documented ritual activities. The orthogonal city plan from the Iron Age has few parallels in the Levant.

Discover more destinations: Yehiam, Shezor, Lappidot, Amka, Beit Jann, Clil.

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